He indicated that Meta is eager to provide the supply to meet that supposed demand in the form of AI chatbots—people can ...

Over the past year or two, AI has become not just a utilitarian tool but a technology that many people are turning to for connection and emotional support. One survey last year found that 16 percent ...

Some people now have an A.I. bestie. Some have a husband. Some have three. Adrianne Brookins is, by her own account, an “old ...

One of the coolest things we saw at CES earlier this year was the HONOR Robot Phone — HONOR’s Android handset with a built-in camera gimbal on the back. At the time, the Robot Phone was a ...

Robots are one of the next up-and-coming technologies because of their potential to give AI and software systems a body to complete physical tasks. While robot vacuums and robot mops have dominated ...

A Chinese robotics company recently did something most tech firms would never dare attempt. Agibot put more than 200 robots on stage for a live one-hour televised event called Agibot Night. The gala ...

Discover the Ecovacs LilMilo AI companion robot pet from CES 2026—an emotional support robot dog with adaptive personality, lifelike emotions, and allergy-friendly technology. Pixabay, ...

Ryan, the "wellness robot" AI companion for seniors, includes an "activity hub" screen on its chest for playing games and following along with exercises. The idea sounds appealing. A virtual friend ...

For more than a decade, Faraday Future has described its electric vehicles as something more than cars – rolling computers packed with sensors, software, and artificial intelligence. Now the embattled ...

2025 was the year of the AI companion. Techcrunch estimated that 337 revenue-generating AI companion companies exist globally, outside of the big companies like OpenAI and X. AI companion companies ...

A hotly-anticipated line of humanoid robots is giving a whole new meaning to the concept of "stranger danger". The 1X NEO robot is set to become one of the first mass-marketed humanoid robots ...

The New Scientist Book Club moved on from reading a classic piece science fiction in December – Iain M. Banks’s The Player of Games – to an award-winning sci-fi novel in January: Sierra Greer’s Annie ...